collapse
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Inquiry chair Baroness Hallett said: "We coped, but only just. Collapse was only narrowly avoided thanks to the extraordinary efforts of all those working in health care."
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Appeared in the December 9, 2025, print edition as 'What Do We Lose When Birthrates Collapse?'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
The knowledge of milpa farming empowered many rural farmers to navigate climate changes during the notorious Maya Collapse – two centuries of political disintegration and urban depopulation between A.D.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2024
Collapse of delta environments could have huge consequences for global sustainable development.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2023
He, an alleged psychologist, noticed not one of the Ten Warning Signs of Nervous Collapse or whatever it was that he was educated to see, and qualified to teach.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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